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1998Final results

1998 election for Georgia House District 137

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Jimmy Skipper (D) won with 66.4% of the vote, defeating Gerald E. Smith (R) by 32.7 points.

Jimmy SkipperDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.4%6,057
Gerald E. SmithRepublican
33.6%3,071
9,128 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+32.71998R+22.52002D+28.12014D+22.02022D+19.42024

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET